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RFC 977 - 4.7. Summary of commands and responses.

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### 4.7. Summary of commands and responses.

The following are the commands recognized and responses returned by the NNTP server.

#### 4.7.1. Commands

       ARTICLE
       BODY
       GROUP
       HEAD
       HELP
       IHAVE
       LAST
       LIST
       NEWGROUPS
       NEWNEWS
       NEXT
       POST
       QUIT
       SLAVE
       STAT

#### 4.7.2. Responses

       100 help text follows
       199 debug output

       200 server ready - posting allowed
       201 server ready - no posting allowed
       202 slave status noted
       205 closing connection - goodbye!
       211 n f l s group selected
       215 list of newsgroups follows
       220 n <a> article retrieved - head and body follow 221 n <a> article
       retrieved - head follows
       222 n <a> article retrieved - body follows
       223 n <a> article retrieved - request text separately 230 list of new
       articles by message-id follows
       231 list of new newsgroups follows
       235 article transferred ok
       240 article posted ok

       335 send article to be transferred.  End with <CR-LF>.<CR-LF>
       340 send article to be posted. End with <CR-LF>.<CR-LF>

       400 service discontinued
       411 no such news group
       412 no newsgroup has been selected
       420 no current article has been selected
       421 no next article in this group
       422 no previous article in this group
       423 no such article number in this group
       430 no such article found
       435 article not wanted - do not send it
       436 transfer failed - try again later
       437 article rejected - do not try again.
       440 posting not allowed
       441 posting failed

       500 command not recognized
       501 command syntax error
       502 access restriction or permission denied
       503 program fault - command not performed

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RFC 977 - 4.7. Summary of commands and responses.